Our cat Noodles wasn't around last night when he usually gets a treat and gets shut in the bathroom. We looked around, rattled his bowl, then gave up. It was late and our house is big.

This morning NT woke us up to say Noodles was still missing. He looked all over, but we all had to get to work.

He still wasn't here when we got home. NT has biked around the neighborhood, and I made flyers for him to put up.

We think he got out an open door, which got shut likely while he was still out there. It was on the third floor, but he could have climbed down the roof, I guess.

Hope he turns up. He's not very friendly to anyone but us, and he doesn't like other animals. He needs to be home with us!

In other news, first half property tax still hadn't been paid as of noon today, so I wired the $5400 amount to the title company. On a whim I went to a different bank branch a block from the one with the guy I'd worked with twice. Huge difference! The woman who processed it did it in a third of the time, didn't have to ask any questions, and the money was gone from my account when I got a chance to check. Glad to stumble across a competent person for once!

AS did get two checks yesterday, so we're not down to a few bucks in checking. But we're down to less than $400, which is the least we've had in the account in years and years. Feels weird! NT and I get paid Thursday, so even without AS receiving more checks, I'll be able to pay back over half of the reserve line loan. Once again, SO glad I didn't pay the extra federal and state taxes for AS that I was going to. We'd have been in trouble when my broker sprang this news on us! As is, we'll be able to pay off the reserve line loan by May 15 at the latest, with or without more checks for AS, or the expected refunds.

If NT's flat doesn't receive rental income before June 1, we'll need to wire some money to his UK account. Then THAT should be the last wire transfer we do for a while! Whew! At $30-$50 a pop, it adds up.

We've got a rental property inspection tomorrow. Hoping the downstairs unit passes muster. It's sure nicer than when our friends moved in there!

Tonight I've got a carshare rental to go pick up a bunch of free outdoor furniture. It'll only cost about $8 and we're getting a TON of stuff.

I guess that's it. Wish us luck on finding poor Noodles! It's been a hard month for kitties on SA.